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PROPOSED CONTRACT
Department(s): Department of Capital Planning & Policy
Vendor: WSP, Chicago, Illinois
Request: Authorization for the Chief Procurement Officer to enter into and execute
Good(s) or Service(s): Architectural and Engineering Design Services for infrastructure Systems Evaluation
Contract Value: $4,355,718.50
Contract period: 7/1/2022 - 12/31/2027
Potential Fiscal Year Budget Impact: FY 2022 $433,439.60; FY 2023 $862,500.58; FY 2024 $946,407.37; FY 2025 $1,264,562.00; FY 2026 $305,311.79; FY 2027 $291,007.67; FY 2028 $252,489.50
Accounts: 11569.1031.11190.560105/7.00000.00000
Contract Number(s): 1923-18040
Concurrences:
The vendor has met the Minority- and Women-owned Business Enterprise Ordinance via direct participation.
The Chief Procurement Officer concurs.
Summary: The overall intent of this project is for the Central Plant (inclusive of the heating/cooling distribution), CCAB, CCB, RTU, Cermak and the Tunnels at DOC Campus, and their related infrastructure systems to be fully evaluated in their entirety for upgrades and/or replacements in order to be brought up to current codes and industry standards, improve performance and reliability, provide redundancy for routine maintenance and emergencies, reduce energy usage, and/or to meet ongoing and future DOC campus needs. Existing equipment and systems in many cases may require replacement as they are beyond their useful life or have capacity limitations. The work includes the assessment, analysis, and reporting of the facility conditions, plus design, bidding and construction administration of the affected buildings. • General scope of work for the A/E shall be to bring the tunnel system and the M-E-P systems to a state of good repair which is to include meeting industry standard minimums and all applicable code requirements for operation, performance and reliability, as well as Facility and County requirements for the respective equipment, systems, or materials. This further includes addressing related life safety, security, civil, structural, sustainability, adjacent general building items as applies, and leaks. • The project consists of the evaluation, the findings report and design for addressing repairs, improvements and upgrades noted above under the noted building disciplines and as related directly to accessibility.
This contract is awarded through Request for Proposals (RFP) procedures in accordance with Cook County Procurement Code. WSP of Chicago, Illinois was selected based on established evaluation criteria.
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